Stake-pocket



(No Model.)

P. WINHOLTZ 8v J. J. WBINMANN.

STAKE POCKET.

mmmbo z Patented June 17, 1890.

il Hull* wwwa/oww @fwn UNITED i STATES PATnrVr OFFICE.

PETER A. IVINHOLTZ AND JOHN JACOB WEINMANN, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

`STAKE-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LetterslPatent N0.430,454, dated .T une 17, 1890.`

Application led November 26, 1889. Serial No. 331,711. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we. PETER A. WINHOLTZ and JOHN J AooB VEINMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stake-Pockets; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Y

Our invention relates to improvements in metallic stake-pockets for trucks, wagons, or any other purposes; and the objects of our improvements are, iirst, to provide a stakepocket that has a long bearing on the stake, thereby holding it rrnly, so it will not Wear off or break off easily against the edge of the pocket, as is the oase with the styles of stakepookets now in use; second, to provide a stakepocket in which a given quantity of metal will make a much stronger pocket than the same quantity would make in any of the styles of stake-pockets heretofore used. Ve attain these objects by the particular construction of the pockets illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the rear portion of a platform or body of a truck, upon which three different modifications of oui` improved stake-pockets are illustrated. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are the said three pockets. Figs. 5 and 6 show another modification of such stake-pockets. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views in front and side elevation, respectively, showing modified constructions of the stake-pocket. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of Fig. 4.. Fig. l0 is a transverse sectional view of the common-style stake-pockets now in use, and Figs. 11 and l2 are similar sectional views of our improved pocket.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the views.

In the drawings referred to, A is the sill of the truck.

B are ears or projections of the stakepocket.

C are holes for bolting the pockets onto the sill. y l

D are portions of stakes placed in some of the pockets. E is the lower end of such a stick projecting through the pocket. F is a shoulder on the stake to prevent it from sliding too far down in the pocket. Gis the pocket itself, into which the stake goes.

It will be observed that the stake-pockets heretofore used are made of even depth at all the sides, and-many of them have only three sides by which to hold the stake. The fourth side is formed by thesill of the truck or else by a strip of iron bolted to the sill of the truck and crossing the otherwise open side of the stake-pocket. In neither of these two nor any other similar cases are the stakes properly held, and the result is an undue strain to the materials in both the stake and the pocket, because the depth of the pocket is too limited and is equal, or nearly so, on all sides, while the pressure from the load against the stake is brought to bear almost entirely against the two points II and I, where the stake comes in contact with the pocket. (Best shown in Fig. 10.) Now it is readily understood that the farther these points H and I are separated in longitudinal direction of the stake the less is the strain upon the materials in both the stake and the pocket.

In order to obtain the desired distance between the points H and I, and thus increase the leverage of the inserted portion of the stake, we provide our stake-pocket with a downwardly-proj ecting lip or extension J, which is substantially formed in the shape shown in the drawings. The dierence in leverage that we obtain by this construction as compared to the common stake-pockets is illustrated in Figs. l0, 11, and 12, Fig. 10 being the old style, Figs. ll and 12 the new style. It will be readily seen that Fig. l1 has twice the bearing of Fig. l0, while the increase of metal is but a triiie, and in Fig. 12 the saine leverage is obtained as in Fig. 10, while the amount of metal is considerably reduced by not only cutting away to form or leave the projection J, but also cutting out a portion K of the side or wall of the pocket that goes next to the wood-work. How this latter cut-away to save metal is made is fur- IOO ther illustrated in Fig. 7, where the cut K is a square hole through the wall of the pocket, the same as in Fig. 12. Ve also in a modification of our stake-pocket extend this cntaway to the top of the pocket, as shown in Figs. 5 and G, where only the portion L remains of that wall of the pocket, and where we make the pocket in this last-named shape we move the ears B B so far out on the sides of the pocket that when they are placed against the sill the wall L of the projection J passes in under the sill till the inside of L registers with the outside of the sill, forming together one long bearing for that side of the stake, as shown in Fig. 5.

As to the ears B B, We do not wish to coniine ourselves to any exact places or position for them upon the pockets, as it is sometimes preferable to have the ears at the outer corners, as in Figs. 4 and 9, and sometimes to have them at the inner corners, as in Figs. 3 and 8. Again, some wagon-builders may prefer to mortise the pockets partly into the sill, as shown in Fig. 2that is, we want the ears to go anywhere between the outer and inner corners as well as at the corners.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stake-pocket for wagons, trucks, and other vehicles, an angular pocket having ears or lugs projecting upon opposite sides thereof for attachment to the frame ol' the truck or vehicle, the inner face or wall of said pocket being prolonged below the lower edges of the other walls and in the same vertical plane with the inner vertical face thereof, to give support to that portion of the stake projecting below the lateral and exterior walls of said pocket, substantially as described.

2. In a stake-pocket, the combination, with an angular socket having lateral wings or iianges and cut away upon its inner face or wall, of a downward extension or prolongation of said inner wall below the removed portion to give an increased bearing to the stake, substantially as described.

3. In a stake-pocket, the combination, with a socket G, having its inner wall eut away, as at K, of the extension J, below said cutaway portion and forming part of the inner wall, the ears B, having openings C, and the stake D, seated in said pocket, substantially as described.

. In testimony whereof We affix our signatn res in presence of two witnesses.

PETER A. VINI'IOLTZ. J. JACOB VEINMANN.

Witnesses'.

J. P. ALLEN, A. M. CARLsEN. 

